Christine joined CUREE in January 2004, initially as PA to Philippa Cordingley then to both Philippa and Paul Crisp during January 2007.
Christine joining CUREE was a totally new vocation for her as her wealth of secretarial/PA experience had been gained by working many years for senior executives within various strands of the Motor Industry.
In addition to her support for the leadership team, Christine is a valued member of the infrastructure team.
Philippa Cordingley is the founder and Chief Executive of CUREE. As adviser to the DfES, the General Teaching Council, the National College for School Leadership, and the QCDA she has instigated, designed and developed a range of strategies, policies and support programmes to promote research and evidence-informed practice. Philippa has led the CUREE teams in a range of projects including the development of an evidence based National Framework for Mentoring and Coaching.
Alison is passionate about contributing to the improvement of the education sector and enabling great learning experiences for youngsters. Alison's experience includes project management and facilitation, scoping and delivering training. She also has Chartered Institute of Marketing qualifications and experience in using the full range of marketing and communication tools. Alison’s 20 years of experience have been predominantly focussed on supporting the public sector, working in IT, management consultancy and training.
Julie Temperley is an Associate Director of CUREE. Julie was part of the team which developed CUREE's Effective Mentoring and Coaching (EM&C) blended learning resources and she is now working with colleagues to design a range of training programmes to support the use of the resources in different contexts.
Miranda Bell is an Associate Director of CUREE. She has held senior management positions in higher education, specialising in communications, marketing, networks and partnership development. She has subsequently been consistently active in communicating good practice across education sectors, as an editor, research manager and commissioner, consultant and adviser. She has also worked internationally.
Donald joined CUREE in March 2001. He is a key contributor to the General Teaching Council's 'Research of the Month' website and to the 'Research Informed Practice' area of the DfES Standards website, for both of which he writes summaries of high-quality research. Donald has contributed to a number of EPPI Centre Reviews of Continuing Professional Development conducted by CUREE.
